Football Recruiting Updates and Transfer Portal

[YsuPride]

Gardner from Niles seems like a good back.  Hopefully he pans out.   We need a back.

[goodnews]

What isn't a project on the roster?  There are dozens of local players that have no business suiting up for YSU.

[YsuPride]

Agreed.

[go guins]

https://x.com/_austinbray/status/1737161804663370162?s=61&t=U3nyo25ZSjz546m_zOyZFw

Nice size TE from Florida

Three things. 1 i don't see him on the signed list. 2 we do a much better job of recruiting TEs than we do using tight ends. 3 this kid is an extra ot 9n running plays. Something we could really use.

[Wick250]

What isn't a project on the roster?  There are dozens of local players that have no business suiting up for YSU.

We usually have between 90 and 100 players on the roster in the spring. A significant portion of those are walk-ons. If you look at the  players that actually got on the field this fall, very few were locals. And I suspect that very few full scholarships are awarded to local players, with the exception of key figures such as Brungard.

[go guins]

What isn't a project on the roster?  There are dozens of local players that have no business suiting up for YSU.

We usually have between 90 and 100 players on the roster in the spring. A significant portion of those are walk-ons. If you look at the  players that actually got on the field this fall, very few were locals. And I suspect that very few full scholarships are awarded to local players, with the exception of key figures such as Brungard.

Agreed. True of most schools. 

[Cimo7]

Howard to A&M
Wudke to Kansas
Johnson to Illinois
Augustin to USF

https://www.on3.com/college/youngstown-state-penguins/football/2024/transfers/

[Double ET]

Howard to A&M
Wudke to Kansas
Johnson to Illinois
Augustin to USF

https://www.on3.com/college/youngstown-state-penguins/football/2024/transfers/

Impressive. Wishing best for the guys. I hope they all get to play regularly instead of riding the bench.

[IAA Fan]

Crap!! Johnson and Wudke. There goes half our defense.

[YsuPride]

Makes you think that our defensive coordinator is not the best.   Lot of talent that other teams have seen.   Unbelievable.

[YSUGO]

With the transfer portal and NIL expect mass defections from our program and all of FCS,  Coaches will let us develop, cherry-pick and offer more NIL to our top performers.  Unless it’s fixed soon FCS will be a mess and the talent will be used to build depth and help programs that hire new coaches a way to win faster.  Maybe what needs to change is if a BCS school poaches a player then they need to pay a bounty to thst school for developing and then losing them.  I expect our left tackle will be gone after next season for sure. 

So if Phillips thinks he can develop kids to stay not happening anymore. 

[guinpen]

Howard to A&M
Wudke to Kansas
Johnson to Illinois
Augustin to USF

https://www.on3.com/college/youngstown-state-penguins/football/2024/transfers/

Time will tell if they will see much playing time or if they will be used to pad the depth charts.

[IAA Fan]

With the transfer portal and NIL expect mass defections from our program and all of FCS,  Coaches will let us develop, cherry-pick and offer more NIL to our top performers.  Unless it’s fixed soon FCS will be a mess and the talent will be used to build depth and help programs that hire new coaches a way to win faster.  Maybe what needs to change is if a BCS school poaches a player then they need to pay a bounty to thst school for developing and then losing them.  I expect our left tackle will be gone after next season for sure. 

So if Phillips thinks he can develop kids to stay not happening anymore.

Good point and if you do develop the talent, that talent is going to leave. Then again we knew this right from the start. To hell with being fair to the players, they are not being fair to us. We recruited them, we own them. They are no longer amateurs. If they are not happy with an education, then why should we care? I think of those kids from Air Force in the armed services bowl. No NIL, no transferring in, no transferring out. You transfer out, you are AWOL and going to prison. If you quit the academy, you are now a private and going to clean plans for the next 4-years.